Project In Pictures—December 2018
For more information visit dubbohospitalredevelopment.health.nsw.gov.au
DUBBO HOSPITAL REDEVELOPMENT
Stage 4 and Western Cancer Centre Dubbo
Construction tender
awarded for new Renal
Unit
The tender to construct the new Renal Unit above
Extended Day Surgery at Dubbo Hospital has been
awarded to Lipman Pty Limited, and construction
will commence in early 2019.
The award of the tender follows an extensive
consultation and planning period with key hospital
staff to ensure the best design for the relocation,
expansion and upgrade of the Renal Unit.
The Renal Unit was originally going to receive an
expansion and upgrade of its current space as part
of Stages 1 and 2 of the redevelopment. However, the option was reviewed when funding for Stages 3
and 4 was announced, and it was agreed that
relocating the new unit to a brand new space closer
to acute clinical services would be a better outcome
for patients and staff.
When complete, the new Renal Unit will have 16
renal treatment spaces including an education
space.
The project team recently met with Renal Unit staff
to show artist’s impressions of the new unit. These
graphics are also available on the project wall in the
corridor off the hospital’s main entry or on the
project website:
www.dubbohospitalredevelopment.health.nsw.gov.au
Savills Senior Project Manager, Paul Edmiston (middle) and
Renal Unit Manager, Gail O’Brien (right) show staff the design of
the new unit.
Thanks for your support and patience
as we progress Stage 4 Dubbo
Hospital Redevelopment and Western
Cancer Care. Please pay close
attention to signage and drive
carefully at all times.
An artist’s impression of a dialysis treatment spaces
Project In Pictures—December 2018
For more information visit dubbohospitalredevelopment.health.nsw.gov.au
DUBBO HOSPITAL REDEVELOPMENT
Stage 4 and Western Cancer Centre Dubbo
This aerial photo taken in November 2018, shows a portion of the footprint for the new three-storey clinical building. The
structure will be built in stages (starting with the back of the building and working to the front) to minimise disruption to
services.
New car park
A new car park, providing 131 car spaces will be
delivered to support the expansion of services at
Dubbo Hospital. The car park will open to
patients and staff when the Stage 4 building is
complete.
In the mean time, site sheds for our Stage 4
builders, Hansen Yuncken have been installed
on the future car park location to progress works
on the three-storey clinical building.
In addition to the redevelopment car park,
Health Infrastructure is also assisting the LHD to
identify any future parking options on campus.
Stage 4 construction update
Construction on Stage 4 is making good progress
with the first concrete pour for the ground floor slab
soon.
Our beloved construction crane “Lorraine the
Crane” is also set to return to Dubbo Hospital to
help construct our new three-storey clinical building
which will include a main entry, Emergency
Department, Medical Imaging Unit, a critical care
floor and Ambulatory Care Unit
Constructing a large clinical building in the middle
of the hospital campus is a complex process,
especially because the hospital has to maintain all
of it’s patient services throughout construction.
Did you know that the ground
floor slab will require more
than 700 tonnes of concrete
and be delivered on more
than 45 trucks?
Project In Pictures—December 2018
For more information visit dubbohospitalredevelopment.health.nsw.gov.au
DUBBO HOSPITAL REDEVELOPMENT
Stage 4 and Western Cancer Centre Dubbo
George Hatch and Dr Ian
Locke remembered
In late October, Dubbo Hospital recognised the
important contributions of Dr Ian Locke and Mr
George Hatch at an official naming ceremony for the
new administration and education building
(previously the old Maternity Unit).
Both Dr Locke and Mr Hatch’s families were there to
celebrate the lives and achievements of two people
who had a hugely positive impact on the community
and the staff they worked with.
The refurbished building was named the Ian Locke
Building in recognition of the Dubbo’s first
paediatrician, and the George Hatch Medical Library
has been named after the first male nurse in NSW
who worked at Dubbo Hospital for 44 years.
Cancer Centre planning
complete
The end of 2018, also marks the end of the planning
and design phase for the $35 million Western Cancer
Centre Dubbo.
Following an extensive consultation period with health
professionals and rural and remote communities to
determine the best design, the project team is
expected to issue a construction tender to the market
in the first half of 2019.
In-ground services and site preparation works will
commence once the tender is awarded. The main
works for the new cancer centre structure will start
when the Renal Unit is relocated to it’s new
contemporary and expanded space on top of the
Extended Day Surgery Unit.
An artist’s impression of the Western Cancer Centre Dubbo’s
exterior.
Top right: George Hatch’s relatives and ex-nurse colleagues
cut the ribbon to open the new medical library. Bottom right: Dr
Ian Locke’s wife, children and grandchildren unveil the new
building plaque.